Geneva, Switzerland — Opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, widely known as Bobi Wine, has urged the international community to impose targeted sanctions on President Yoweri Museveni, his son General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, and senior Ugandan officials, accusing them of widespread human rights abuses and electoral misconduct. The appeal came during a video address on February 18…
The President of the National Unity Platform (NUP), Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu aka Bobi Wine, has revealed that the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) soldiers that were recently deployed at his home in Magere forced themselves into the home and took it over. In a post shared on his X on Tuesday, Kyagulanyi alleged that the…
Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has said opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, should be barred from participating in future elections. In a series of posts shared on January 22 on his verified X (formerly Twitter) account, Gen. Kainerugaba claimed he was banning Kyagulanyi from all future…
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has ordered the dissolution of the Fisheries Protection Unit (FPU) and its reconstitution as the 155 Marines Battalion, placing it under the command of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) Marines Brigade. The directive, issued on Friday, was announced by the Acting Director of Defence Public Information, Col Chris Magezi, who…
The court in Kampala has sentenced 20-year-old Senior Six student Edison Ssemugenyi to six months in prison for spreading false information about President Yoweri Museveni and Chief of Defence Forces Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba on TikTok. According to prosecutors, Ssemugenyi used his TikTok account to publish false claims that President Museveni was bedridden. The court also…